Evidence-Based Practice
Balloon catheter dilation (BCD) is a treatment paradigm for surgical management of paranasal sinus inflammatory disease. There are few robust clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of balloon technology in chronic…
Evidence-Based Practice
It is now widely recognized that extraesophageal reflux (reflux reaching structures above the upper esophageal sphincter) has a wide range of effects on the upper aerodigestive tract, as well as…
Cochlear Implants
Over the past 30 years, hearing care clinicians have increasingly relied on cochlear implants to restore auditory sensitivity in selected patients with advanced sensorineural hearing loss. This article examines the…
Evidence-Based Practice
Sensorineural hearing loss is a complex disease state influenced by genetics, age, noise, and many other factors. This article reviews our current knowledge regarding the causes of sensorineural hearing loss…
Evidence-Based Practice
The article focuses on the evidence basis for the management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, the most common diagnosis of vertigo in both primary care and subspecialty settings. An overview…
Clinical Decision-Making Based on Evidence
Timothy L. Smith, MD, MPH, FACS, Guest Editor The concept of evidence-based medicine has flourished in recent years and it seems that clinicians, more than ever, crave evidence from the…
Office-Based Laryngeal Injections
Office-based vocal fold injection (VFI), though initially described more than a century ago, has recently reemerged as an attractive alternative to VFI performed during microsuspension laryngoscopy. Multiple office-based approaches exist,…
Office-Based Laryngeal Procedures
Awake office-based laryngeal procedures offer numerous advantages to the patient and surgeon. These procedures are well-tolerated, safe, and can be used to treat a wide variety of laryngeal pathology. This…
Office Airway Surgery
The emergence and refinement of flexible endoscopes during the second half of the twentieth century has facilitated flexible bronchoscopy’s rise as the standard for evaluation of and often intervention in…
Transnasal Esophagoscopy
Since the mid 1900s, esophagoscopy has been performed under sedation or general anesthesia. With transnasal esophagoscopy (TNE), there has been a return to awake, in-office esophagoscopy. Technologic advances have allowed…
